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2013/04/05 02:20:12
Subject: When to magnetize...?
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Hurr! Ogryn Bone 'Ead!
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Sorry I couldn't find anything in any previous posts - so, I'd like to magnetize some models to maximize versatility. Thing is, should one prime/paint the model before hand and then drill/patch for magnets, or is it the other way around? Will layers of paint/primer ruin the magnets ability to stick, or conversely speaking, does trying to install magnets after the fact could destroy carefully applied paintjobs?
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2013/04/05 02:38:05
Subject: Re:When to magnetize...?
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Lit By the Flames of Prospero
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I always do it as I am assembling the model.
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2013/04/05 03:16:43
Subject: Re:When to magnetize...?
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Trigger-Happy Baal Predator Pilot
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2013/04/05 04:35:24
Subject: When to magnetize...?
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Hurr! Ogryn Bone 'Ead!
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Oh THANK YOU for those links!!!! That helps immensely (as I too am building up a BA force) 
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2013/04/05 12:10:34
Subject: When to magnetize...?
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Using Inks and Washes
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Paint will hardly ever be enough to prevent magnets from 'sticking', and if they are, stop painting with a 2" brush!
At the latest I magnetise after primer, and that is because it can help prevent the drill bit from wandering, but normally it's during construction. Sometimes I can't help myself and want to get on with the paint quickly, and sometimes I don't come up with the idea until after I've started to paint, but I worry more about damaging the paint than the magnets not sticking to each other.
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2013/04/06 01:17:16
Subject: Re:When to magnetize...?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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Infantry I do during assembly.
Tanks I do after they're fully painted, because most of the time it's a weapon option that's kind of an afterthought, and I don't care if it's shaded to include the weapon option (i.e., shading underneath a detachable Havoc launcher would look pretty goofy when the thing isn't on the vehicle...)
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